Bottle-closure or the like.



No. 772,250. PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904.

G. E. MOMANUS.

' BOTTLE CLOSURE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1904.

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CHARLES E. MoMANUS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-NINE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO FREDERICK WURTZ, OF NEI/V YORK, N. Y., AND JOSEPH T. STILES,

VANIA.

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- BOTTLE-CLOSURE OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,250, dated October 11, 1904:.

Application filed May 24, 1904. Serial No. 209,496. (No model.) 1

10 (LU 10/7/0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MoMANUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures or the Like. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to caps or closures for bottles; and it consists, substantially, in the improvements hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The invention has reference more especially to caps or closures for bottles containing beer or other charged liquids, although applicable to bottles generally; and one of the principal objects thereof is to provide a cap or closure which is simple in construction, readily applied and removed in use, besides being eflective and reliable for its purpose and possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

A further object is to provide a cap or closure for bottles for hermetically sealing the contents of the latter, so as to preserve such contents and prevent spoiling of the same by escape of the gases with which they may be charged. v

A further object of the invention is to overcome numerous disadvantages and objectionsfound to exist with many other structures hitherto devised for similar purposes.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantially as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the neck or upper portion of a bottle, showing my improved cap or closure applied thereto. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the neck or upper portion of a bottle, showing the construction of the mouth of the bottle at the outer sides thereof. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective representing more clearly the construction of the cap or closure per 86.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of my improvements herein shown I employ a bottle having the outer sides of the mouth thereof of special construction, by which the cap or closure may be securely applied thereto in such manner as to seal the bottle against escape of the liquid contents thereof, as well as the gases with which such contents may be charged. The cap or closure itself is also of special construction, so as to adapt it to be readily attached to or detached from the surrounding portions of the mouth of the bottle, and while 1 have herein represented my improvements in a certain preferred embodiment it will be understood, of course, that I am not limited thereto in precise detail, since immaterial changes therein may be resorted to in practice coming within the scope of my invention.

Reference being had to the drawings by designating-numerals thereon, l designates the neck or upper portion of an ordinary bottle having at the upper edge of the mouth thereof an .outer annular enlargement or flange 2, which is formed with a plurality of spirally-extending notches or grooves 3, leading from the upper edge of the mouth and terminating at the lower edge of the said enlargement or flange, the upper edge or wall of each notch or groove forming a shoulder 4c, substantially as indicated in Fig. 3. The

said neck or upper part of the bottle is herein shown as having an annular enlargement or swell 5 surrounding the same beneath the said annular enlargement or flange 2; but this construction is not essential to my invention, as will be understood, it being stated also that the length and depth of the notches or grooves mentioned may be such as is preferred in practice and that instead of being integrally formed with the bottle, as herein shown, theannular enlargement or flange 2 may be formed separately therefrom and applied thereto in any suitable manner.

The cap or closure for the bottle is indicated at 6, the same being preferably of metal and struck up by means of suitable dies to form the IHWZLIdlYrCOIlCflVGd top portion 7 and the depending annular rim portion 8, the latter being constructed with a plurality of as to secure the ends desired.

inward deflections to form elastic tongue members 8, which are commensurate in number with and adapted to be received by the notches or grooves 3 when the said cap or closure is applied in operative relationship with the mouth of the bottle.

Fitted within the cap or closure and lying snugly against the under side of the inwardlyconcaved top portion 7 thereof'is a disk 7, of suitable material, preferably paraffin or its equivalent, the said disk forming an effective seal between the upper edge of the mouth of the bottle and the cap or closure. The. latter is applied to the mouth of the bottle by first inserting one of the elastic tongue members 8 into the upper extremity of each of the notches or grooves 3 and then turning the cap or closure in such manner as to cause the tongue members to move through the said notches or grooves, whence by continued turning of the cap or closure the tongue members ride around the shoulders 4: and are carried beneath, the lower edge or side of the annular enlargement or flange 2, thereby effecting a secure locking connection with the latter and forcing the rims of the concaved top portions 7 and disk 7 toward the upper edge'ofthe mouth of the bottle, substantially in the manner indicated at Fig. 2. A great advantage is had in giving the top portion 7 of the cap or closure the particular construction herein illustrated and specified, since a degree of elasticity is imparted thereto tending to cause the same to flatten out as the cap or closure is screwed tightly into place, thus effecting a reliable clamping action for 'properly maintaining the disk 7 in place. The central portion of said disk is also made to extend somewhat within the mouth of the bottle, while the edge portions thereof reside upon the edge portions of said mouth, so that it is practically impossible for any of the gaseous contents of the bottle to escape, attention being called to the fact that the said upper edge portions of the month are preferably rounded, as shown in Fig. 2, so To detach or remove the cap or closure from about the mouth of the bottle, it will of course be un-- derstood that it is simply necessary to turn the same reversely, so as to carry the tongue members 8 into the lower ends of the notches or grooves 3, whereupon said members will be carried upwardly and outwardly through the said notches or grooves.

I/Vhile I have herein stated that my improved cap or closure is intended for use in connection with bottles, it will be understood that the same is also equally applicable to jars as well as to other vessels for containing liquids.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a closure for bottles and the like, the combination of abottlehaving a mouth-flange, provided with a spirally-extending groove, and a cap having arim provided with a tongue member adapted to be forced through said groove and beneath the flange.

2. In a closure for bottles and the like, the combination of abottle having an outer flange at the mouth thereof, provided with spirallyextending grooves, a cap having a rim provided at corresponding points withinwardlydeflected tongue members adapted to be forced through said grooves and beneath the flange, and a sealing-disk secured between the top portions of the cap and the edge of the mouth.

8. In a closure for bottles and the like, the combination of a bottle having an outer flange at the mouth thereof, provided with spirallyextending grooves, a cap having arim' provided at corresponding points with inwardlydeflected tongue members adapted to be forced through said grooves and beneath the flange, and a sealing-disk secured between the top portions of the cap and the edge of the mouth, said top portion and the disk being concaved to extend within the said mouth.

4. In a closure for bottles and the like, the combination with a bottle having the edge of the mouth thereof rounded inwardly, and provided at the mouth with an outer flange having spirally-extending grooves therein, a cap having locking means adapted to be forced through said grooves and beneath the flange, and a sealing-disk between the top portion of the cap and the edge of the mouth, said top portion and disk being concaved to extend within the mouth from said edge.

5. In aclosure for bottles and the like, the combination of a bottle having the edge of the mouth thereof rounded inwardly, and provided at the mouth with an outer flange having spirally-extending grooves therein, a cap having inwardly-deflected tongue members adapted to be forced through said grooves and beneath the flange, and a sealing-disk between the top portion of the cap and the edge of the mouth, said top portion and disk being concaved to extend within the mouth from said edge.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES E. MGMANUS.

IVitnesses:

JOHN F. BYRNE, GEORGE M. BOND. 

